a. [ Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo. ] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. “With one arm akimbo.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- (for of) + kin. ] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This adjective is used only after the noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'akinhsi`a quiescence; 'a priv. + ki`nhsis motion. ] (Med.) Loss of the ability for voluntary muscle movement. Foster. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖/mhw>, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to akinesia. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ Heb. ] (Bibl.) A race of giants living in Palestine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods. [ Babylonian ]
Syn. -- Enuki [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; seed of a lentil. ] (Med.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hot or baking manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Baxter. ] A baker. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Bickern. ] A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surfaces of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. p. pr. & vb. n. of break, v. i. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Journalism) Still happening or becoming known at the present time; -- used of news reports; as, breaking news; a breaking story. [ PJC ]

n. The act of breaking something.
Syn. -- breakage, break. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of can. ] A little can or cup. “And let me the canakin clink.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material of which of which cloaks are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A process of discovering the content of an encoded message or the nature of a code{ 5 }. The method used may be surreptitious, or may use sophisticated mathematical and computational techniques to discover the code. [ PJC ]

n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to any current country.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic; as, the Czech population.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to a citizen of any current country. The natives of the former Czechoslovakia are now Czechs or Slovaks.
Syn. -- Chechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } n. [ See Dicker. ] (O. Eng. & Scots Law) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; as, earth-shaking proposals; an earth-shaking event.
Syn. -- world-shaking, world-shattering(predicate), world shattering(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. able to communicate in English. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ar. faqīr poor. ] an Oriental Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or begging monk who is regarded as a holy man or a wonder worker. [ Written also faquir anf fakeer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. confused with Fakir an oriental ascetic. ] See Faker. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The state of being flaky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A prediction; also, a preface. [ Obs. ] Camden. Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Freakish. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.

2. rapidly changing and unpredictable; as, freakish weather. [ PJC ]

3. markedly abnormal.
Syn. -- freaky. [ PJC ]

-- Freak"ish*ly, adv. -- Freak"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. marked strangeness or abnormality.
Syn. -- abnormality. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. able to communicate in French.
Syn. -- Francophone, Francophonic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. able to communicate in the German language. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project. It is sometimes carried out by an official who digs the first spadeful of dirt from the ground, to begin the preparatory excavation work.
Syn. -- groundbreaking ceremony. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Ar. hakīm. ] A wise man; a physician, esp. a Muslim. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar. hākim. ] A Muslim title for a ruler; a judge. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Jap., stomach cutting. ] A ritual form of suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing overpowering sorrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A breaking in; inroad; invasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & adj. same as Iraqi. [ R. ]
Syn. -- Iraqi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ka`kistos worst + kratei^n to rule. ] Government by the worst men. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hind. khākī, lit., dusty, dust-colored, fr. Per. khāk dust. ] Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army. In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]